Mandal Commission protests of 1990

Mandal Commission protests of 1990 were against giving government jobs to certain castes on basis of birth rather than merit of the candidate. These protests closed roads, highways, transportation services, government services, schools, and businesses of India. Anti-reservationists protested. Student protests were planned publicly, and in advance. Protest events were photographed for many published articles of newspapers locally and nationally.The Tribune newspaper, 1 September 1990, Chandigarh, India.

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Event article references Wikipedia articles and one newspaper containing over 6,000 words of articles describing the protests. Newspaper purchased during 3-week visit by Canadian student to Chandigarh and India, August–September, 1990.

Between the failure to effectively control the political cost of the protests escalating enough to close parts of the nation, and an eleven-year-old human rights improvement project, were causes that ultimately led to accepting the resignation of the Janata Dal party's Prime Minister of India, V. P. Singh. Most likely, the protests were...Read More